For many families who need to lift all a kids plus all a gear, usually a minivan will do. Luckily, automakers are on tip of their diversion and there are several glorious contenders in a class. In one dilemma is a all-new-for-2017 Chrysler Pacifica, that has all a style, comfort and facilities that a predecessor, a Town Country, was missing. In a other dilemma is a Honda Odyssey, that was remade for 2018 into a undoubted vital room on wheels.

With families come automobile seats. Both vans have copiousness of room, yet that minivan handles automobile seats best? We achieved Car Seat Checks on any 2018 indication to find out that one’s a heavyweight in terms of both fit and palliate of installation.

The Pacifica has loads of legroom and simply accommodated all of a automobile seats. Its permitted Stow ‘n Go second-row captain’s chairs get an A for flexibility and palliate of use, yet a van’s Latch anchors get a B; they’re pressed between a chair cushions and need a bit of flesh to access. The reduce anchors in a third quarrel are easier to access, yet a complement also got a B since of a tip fasten anchors’ placement. Although they’re noted with icons, they lay during a bottom of a seatbacks and are tough to see since they’re tiny and a same tone as a cosmetic backing.

For a Car Seat Check, we tested an eight-passenger indication with a three-position second-row dais chair and it fit 3 automobile seats across — a large win for a Odyssey. Like a Pacifica, there was oodles of room for automobile seats in both rows. Unlike a Pacifica, a Odyssey’s Latch anchors were really permitted in both rows, earning it high grades.

The Verdict

Both family-mobiles surpass during hauling people and things in comfort with plenty room and loads of preference and reserve goodies. However, a Odyssey warranted aloft outlines altogether for a some-more permitted Latch anchors, creation designation easier with any automobile chair we test. The Pacifica did improved in upholder accommodation though, generally in a second quarrel where a buckles are rigid, creation them easier for kids to squeeze and use. The Pacifica also warranted a aloft class for third-row entry; it’s a bit easier to get into a outpost and entrance a third row.

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News Editor Jennifer Geiger is a reviewer, car-seat technician and mom of three. She wears a lot of hats, many of them while pushing a minivan. Email Jennifer